Q: Is 2,028,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,028,720 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 2,028,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 79 80 107 120 158 214 237 240 316 321 395 428 474 535 632 642 790 856 948 1,070 1,185 1,264 1,284 1,580 1,605 1,712 1,896 2,140 2,370 2,568 3,160 3,210 3,792 4,280 4,740 5,136 6,320 6,420 8,453 8,560 9,480 12,840 16,906 18,960 25,359 25,680 33,812 42,265 50,718 67,624 84,530 101,436 126,795 135,248 169,060 202,872 253,590 338,120 405,744 507,180 676,240 1,014,360 and 2,028,720, with no remainder.

Since 2,028,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,028,720, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).